ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...

Rick Baine, Ryan Webb and Matt Roy stop in Cape Girardeau while participating in the Warrior Paddle Expedition Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. The trio began at the source of the Mississippi River, Lake ...

Itasca State Park in Northern Minnesota is one of those destinations that every Minnesota needs to visit once in their lifetime. And in some, multiple times. The park is one of the oldest in the ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The operators of a longtime, popular attraction at Itasca State Park dry-docked their business this summer, claiming the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources changed rules to ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the presence of zebra mussels in Bass Lake, near Cohasset in Itasca County. DNR invasive species staff issued a release on Monday, ...

pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

The Bainbridge Island runner who crossed the country and ran marathons on every continent ran into injury challenges in his ...

Gerald and Deline White told area students and adults about the tools and traditions of gathering manoomin, or wild rice Gerald White carved this cedar paddle and built the model canoe at his side. He ...